The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIMan is only great when he acts from passion.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Damn your principles! Stick to your party.
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We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.
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Assassination has never changed the history of the world.
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
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Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
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Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
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Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
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Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
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Never take anything for granted.
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Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
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The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments’ plans.
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What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
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Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
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There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.
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